The mountain experience at Lake Tahoe has been re-imagined. It has been reborn thanks to significant on-mountain investment over the past decade. It includes a cultural movement that embraces the skier or snowboarder and takes their experience to the next level. A technological revolution that has turned how we share our vacations completely on its head. And a new way to access the mountains that is bringing the best Lake Tahoe has to offer into one affordable package.

The Tahoe Local Pass remains unmatched in value, price and experience with access t0 more than 263 trails, 14 terrain parks and 10,270 acres of some of the best terrain in the world at Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in California and Nevada. Ski or ride more than four days in one season and, priced at $419, the Tahoe Local Pass pays for itself, then ski or ride for free the rest of the season.

Vail Resorts’ entire season pass lineup offers something for every type of skier and snowboarder, including four different season pass options in Lake Tahoe ranging in price from $379 to $659. These pass prices are only guaranteed through September 3, 2012.

With an extremely high threat of forest fire at Lake Tahoe, Heavenly Mountain Resort, Northstar California Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort have all proactively instituted a number of precautionary measures, including banning all smoking on their respective mountains for the summer.

The 13th Annual “Near Death Experience” will take place at Kirkwood Mountain Resort from June 7-10, 2012. It is the premier camp to prepare riders for the Death Ride, the 129-mile bike tour of the California Alps on July 14, 2012.

Kirkwood Mountain Resort will be open for summer on the weekends from July 7-September 2, 2012. Kirkwood offers a bike park, ropes course and climbing wall, hiking, and disc golf. Ziplining and horseback riding are also available.

Kirkwood Mountain Resort will remain open for the weekend of May 4-6, 2012, with limited intermediate and advanced terrain only. The resort will operate Chairs #6, Cornice Express; #10, Wagon Wheel; and #11, The Reut; from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 12, 2012 — Vail Resorts, Inc. closed its acquisition of Kirkwood Mountain Resort at Lake Tahoe, Calif., recognized by skiers and snowboarders as offering some of the best high alpine advanced terrain in North America.

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